From the Snare of the Fowlers--May 2, 2016

O Lord our God, we have escaped

like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;

the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

You have brought us out from the land

of Egypt, and we are your servants.

Make us good soil for the seeds

you sow, so that we may bring forth

grain, leading lives worthy of Jesus,

fully pleasing to you, as we bear

fruit in every good work and

grow in the knowledge of you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115

Lev. 25:35-55

Col. 1:9-14

Matt. 13:1-16

       

Selected Verses

Ps. 124:7

We have escaped like a bird
          from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
          and we have escaped.

Lev. 25:55

For to me the people of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Col. 1:10

…so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Matt. 13:8

“…Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  …”  [Jesus to the crowds gathered around his boat]